Sash-hanger.



E. L. WATROUS.

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Patented naar.11,1913.

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EDWARD L.' WATBOUS, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR T0 IDAVID B. GANN, 0F

' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SASH-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

Application led July 5, 1912. Serial No. 707,827.

To all whom 415 may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. WATnoUs,

`a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented. new and useful 1mprovements in Sash-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to hangers suited for use in supportingstorm windows,

window screens and the like from the top of a Window frame and permitting a swinging movement of the supported frame work when the Windows are to be washed, etc., and also permitting easy detachment `of the sash or frame when it 1s to be taken down at the end of the season.

It is the object. of the present invention to provide a hanger comprising two parts, the supporting or lower part having a projecting port-ion to serve in securing the part firmly to a sash and also serviceable as a gageto determine and govern the location ofthe part on the sash at the position of maximum etlicienc It is a further object to provide an upper or supporting member shaped from a single piece of metal and having a supporting tongue reinforced and stifened by wlngs or side plates, these wings preferably being inclined along their outer edges to serve as guides for the lower member of the hanger when the window is being slipped into place. ber has an overhanging guard or shield, serviceable to prevent accidental displacement of the sash, as when being roughly handled while partially swung away from the building or in cases where a strong wind .'might swing the sash out-ward too far or lift it away from the supporting hook if not thus protected by an overhanging shield.

The details of my invention w1ll be better understood by reference to the followin description, which is to be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 illustrates two of the hangers in position for use in* supporting a storm sash from the top of a wmdow frame. Fig. 2 shows the upper or supporting member of the hanger. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the supported member. Fig. 4 `shows the two members in normal operative position. Fig.

'5 is a sectional View somewhat diagrammatical, showing the hanger in elevation Also the upper or supporting memwhen the supported sash is in its true position. Fig. 6 is a section through the hanger, indicating in dotted lines the swinging outward movement which the sash ma have. Fig. 7 shows the blank out of whlch the supporting member is made with a tongue cut for bending to form a supporting hook and its cooperating' wings. Fig. 8 shows the blank out of which the supported member is made, after part of the blank has been out away to form the retaining gage and before that gage has been bent up.

Referring to Fig. 7, which illust-rates the blank for the supporting member, that blank will be seen to consist of a'steel plate 1 of rectangular outline, with an orn'amental top edge and raised nail seats 2 at its upper corners. A tongue 3 and Wings 4' and 5 lare cut near the center of the blank, leaving the outer edge of the blank of irregular shape so that ultimately it may be bent up (Fig. 5) to form anyupstandi-ng portion 6 and a downwardl inclined portion 7, serviceableas a guard,I for the tongue of the hanger. The tongue 3 is bent u ward along the line of its junction with t e wings and the wings are folded down at the sides of the tongue as shown in Fi s. 5 and 6, where they serve a double functlon, first that of reinforcing the supporting hook of the hanger and holding the supporting line of that hook at the pro er distance from the wood work and secon that of serving as guides to direct the lower member of the hanger upward along the lower face of hook 3, when the sash is being slipped into place initially.

Fig. 8 illustrates the blank for the lower or supported'member 8 and has raised nall sockets 9 and is cut away at 10 to leave a tongue 11 tapering to form a driving pomt l2 for use, as hereinafter set forth.

Tongue 11 is bent as shown in Fig. 6 so that its narrowed sharpened end 12 may be driven into the top edge of a storm window sash or window frame to assist the nails at 9 in holding the hanger member to the wood-work. But in addition to this, tongue 11 has the very important function of serving as a gage to position the supported member on the sash, for when the member is tobe installed, it need only be slipped over the end of the sash and its tongue 12 and nails driven in, whereupon the upper lo'op 13 of the member will be in exact po- 'sition with respect to the wood-work. for most advantageous use as a supporting loop. Window sash can be fully equipped with lower hanger members while 4still in the factory or shop and the operationl of installing the hangers on the building, need consist merely in hooking in the topy members and lifting them up as far as they will 'go and there securing them with nails.

Amon the advantages of the present in- Vention 1t should4 be noted that the supported sash 14 may be swung outwardly, as

shown in Fig'. 6, so that access may be had tothe windows for cleaning or so that venconvenient to a person leaning from a window or standing on the ground below, the lower hanger member can be moved outward and upward along the hook 3 until it strikes the guard plate 7 and then can be slipped l diagonally downward and outward, thus drawing the lower member of the hanger through the opening between hook 3 andgu'ard plate 7 and thus freeing the sash. from its supports. To return the sash to its position, it can be lifted u wardly until the upper edges of the lower anging members strike thev wings 4 and 5 which then act as guides or guards to deiect the memberoutward and over the end of hook` 3 after which the sash can be lowered and swung inward into its 'inal and useful position. l The two parts which compose this hanger, together with their integral hooks,

l wings,.driving point, baille plate, etc. may

be made of sheet steel of suitable gage and are not only inex ensive to construct, but are noteasily brolen or displaced.

1. In a hanger, a supporting member 'having a hook reinforced at its sides by inturned vintegral wings.

2. In a hanger, a supporting member having an inte al supporting tongue bent outward and t en upward from the base of the member, and tapering integral wings folded down at the side of` the-tongue to stiil'en and support the' same.

3. In a hanger, a supporting tongue projecting outward and then upward to receive the coperating member,and a guard forming a part of said supporting member vand overhanging said tongue to prevent accidental displacement of the supported member. i

' 4; In a hanger, a supporting member consistingof a sheet metal plate having its central portion bent outwardly and then up- I,

wardly to form a supporting tongue with `tapering wings bent downward at the sides of said tongue to stiffen and support the ed said tongue being bent upwardly and then downwardly forming a guard oversaid tongue to prevent accidental displacement of the cooperating member supported by said tongue.

5. In a hanger, a supported member consisting of a sheet metal plate having its central ortion bent .inwardly and arranged for driving into the end of a sash to be supported, thereby forming an anchor and serving as a gage to determine the location of the member on the sashy to be supported, the metal originally surrounding the inwardly bent portion forming a hook-engaging loop.

6. In a hanger, sisting of a sheet metal plate having an integral portion bent inwardly to serve as a gage for positioning the member on the edge of a frame to be supported, the metal originally surrounding the inwardly bent portion forming a hook-engaging loop.

7. In a hanger, a supported member oo nsisting of a 'sheet metal plate having its central portion cu't to form a tongue, said tongue being bent inward to form a gage for positioning the member on the edge of a frame to be supported, the Imetal origisame, the metal which originally surrounda supported member con- I nally surrounding said tongue forming a I hook-engaging loop; I

. -8. In a hanger, t e combination of a'palr of sheet metal plates, one of said pla-tes being shaped to form a supporting member having a central tongue bent outwardly to form a supporting hook with wings at its sides reinforcing the hook and filling the space below the same, the metal which originally surrounded said tongue and wings bemy name to this specification in the pres` ence of two witnesses.

EDWARD L. WTROUS.V Witnesses: f f

D. D. PALM, M. It. MAn'rrN.

. ing bent upwardly and outwardly to form I 

